I don't do this anymore but I used to try on a lot of clothes in the morning and run out the door leaving piles of clothes all over my room. I never had the time in the morning to put away my clothes and I was too lazy to clean up my mess when I got home. Then I started throwing my clothes on a chair to clean it up a bit. After that I started to throw the clothes in my laundry bin but that got kind of gross because I'd be mixing clean and dirty clothes.
The best solution I have for this would be to have a pair of laundry bins in your room. One would be for dirty laundry and the other would be for clothes that you tried on but are still clean. At the end of the week or whenever you have time, you can just take those clothes and put them away. This will keep your room looking much more tidy than before.
Emergency desk system
I would love if my table were clutter free all the time but it's just not practical. I always seem to have stationary or beauty products strewn across my desk at any time. To help my desk look cleaner, I've come up with a system for my stuff so everything has a "home".
I keep a small metal pencil case/tin for my stationary so I can just throw everything in there when cleaning. I have a spot where I stack all my notebooks in the top left corner of my desk. All my beauty products sort of congregate to the bottom left corner of my desk (I will get a bin later on or something) and my laptop stays in the middle of my desk.
Although this system is pretty scattered and can be messy, it's an easy way for me to get my desk in order if I need to do an emergency quick clean.
Posted up to-do lists
I've always been a big fan of the idea of to-do lists but they never seemed to work for me. I never seemed to finish anything important on the list and I was always too lazy to get my list to check things off (or even to read it).
One easy solution would be to put your to-do list on a sticky note and stick it to your computer (or on the thing that you use the most). That way the list will always be in your face. Personally, I thumb-tacked my to-do list on the wall in front of my desk. Now, I can always see what I have to do without even lifting my head. I'm surprised that I've never thought of this earlier since it's such an obvious solution.
One easy solution would be to put your to-do list on a sticky note and stick it to your computer (or on the thing that you use the most). That way the list will always be in your face. Personally, I thumb-tacked my to-do list on the wall in front of my desk. Now, I can always see what I have to do without even lifting my head. I'm surprised that I've never thought of this earlier since it's such an obvious solution.
Preparing things the night before
This might seem like an obvious organization tip. I somehow stopped doing this this year and I really noticed the effects. I was always scrambling in the morning and I often forgot stuff to bring. I recommend just spending 10 minutes every night prepping your bag and your clothes (even food) for the next day so you can just grab and go.
Sticky notes in agendas
Personally, I have way too many post it notes lying around the house that I never use. Using them in your agenda is a great way to use up any sticky notes lying around as well as maximizing the amount of things you can write in your agenda.
I used to write lists in the section for each day but now they don't fit in my new agenda. I'm also putting due dates and events in each day which seems to take up the whole box (my agenda this year is smaller). Now, I just grab a sticky note and write a small list for the day or week and stick it on the decorative section of my agenda (the whole week is only on one page with the other side being a pattern).
I know this is more of a school organization post rather than a home organization/cleaning post. I'm running out of ideas of things to write! If any of you are reading this, I'd be great if you could comment on what kinds of posts you would like to see or if like school/work organization posts.
I used to write lists in the section for each day but now they don't fit in my new agenda. I'm also putting due dates and events in each day which seems to take up the whole box (my agenda this year is smaller). Now, I just grab a sticky note and write a small list for the day or week and stick it on the decorative section of my agenda (the whole week is only on one page with the other side being a pattern).
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I know this is more of a school organization post rather than a home organization/cleaning post. I'm running out of ideas of things to write! If any of you are reading this, I'd be great if you could comment on what kinds of posts you would like to see or if like school/work organization posts.
Keep those pretty boxes
Hello, just wanted to give you guys a budget friendly tip for easy organization: keep your old containers! These are great drawer organizers and can look really pretty depending on the box. I love this clear one shown below from the Apple earpods; so minimalistic!
Uses for two-sided used paper
I have tons of paper left over from my classes last semester consisting of lecture slides and course outlines. I have at least a binder full of this paper which I think would be really wasteful to throw out. I was able to pick out some papers that were blank on one side that I could use as scrap paper, but the majority of my paper had text fully covering both sides of the sheet. I tried looking online for things to do with used paper but could only find uses for scrap paper (one blank side) or garbage crafts for used paper.
Here's a list of things that I've compiled for my uses of this paper:
1. Table/floor covering for messy activities (painting nails, dyeing hair, art)
This would be a great in the place of a new paper towel when painting your nails or when you are short newspapers to line your floor.
2. Makeup
This could be a substitute for the index cards that you use to do eyeliner or to apply mess free mascara
3. Travel/fragiles
I move a lot of items to and from my school city and my hometown. These papers are great to wrap fragile items such as dishware or decorative ceramics.
4. Origami
This might be considered a useless craft but sometimes I like the calming effect of folding paper.
5. Bookmarks
Quick alternative when you don't have one on hand.
Note: I tried to use these papers to clean (people suggest newspapers work for windows) but that did not work at all for me and it got really messy. The papers retain water to a certain extent but mostly fall into shreds when soaked.
